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Orrin Hatch: “The IRS Commissioner at the time stood up to the President and the White House and refused to allow the IRS to be used…”

On the recordMarch 4, 2014
The IRS Commissioner at the time stood up to the President and the White House and refused to allow the IRS to be used for political purposes.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Hatch praises the IRS Commissioner's past refusal to politicize the agency.

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